I’ve been all over this on FR and elsewhere.
—Sports is popular and makes $$
—KPOJ owned by Clear Channel—yeah that Bain-Romney-Clear Channel Format Change machine! Yet KFNQ Seattle, which is
also going sports, is owned by CBS. Can’t blame them for that one!
—Conservative talk makes money (though it isn’t always successful; CC’s WXKS Boston dumped it for comedy. Yeah
blame Romney-Bain for THAT one). Liberal talk does not.
So what do they listen to? On a national radio messageboard’s Oregon sub-board someone said they knew a bunch of Democrats and he asked them about KPOJ. They never heard of it. Got blank stares. OK, so what do you guys listen to?... “NPR.”
—So yes, liberal talk is successful...on TAXPAYER FUNDED
NPR that is. Not on commercial stations. “Yeah these
big corporations are all evil, like WalMart...so we’ll
be right back after this...er...public service message...”
Ironically enough for all the bellyaching libs do about eeeeevil corporations, many big companies DO give to
NPR...from movie studios to automakers to “Fox Broadcasting Company.” Here’s the thing: these are voluntary contributions.
I _don’t_ wany MY tax dollars to pay for NPR! Let the FCC
change the rules and let them run SOME ads. Keep your hands out of MY pocket, NPR! (And by the way would you ever hear a show praising the tea party or conservatism on NPR?
Libs talk about Fox being biased, etc but when you ask them about NPR they say it’s fair and balance. Bovine
excrement.
—Anyway, these days many stations want sports because it
attracts younger listeners, or listeners in all age demos,
etc. There are actually 5 big networks now: Fox/Clear Channel, CBS/Cumulus, ESPN & ESPN Deportes, NBC Sports/Dial
Global, and Yahoo. They want affiliates nation wide to run their shows, etc...and the ads. A lot of people want to talk football. More that want to talk Benghazi.
And of the latter they go to conservative talk radio.
In these cities you would expect liberal talk to flourish
and conservative talk to suffer:
Boston
Seattle
Portland OR
It’s the other way ‘round actually. But the NPR stations
do well..
You have a store and want to advertise on talk radio.
Would you rather go with
—good local hosts and Rush, Savage, Ingraham
or
—crappy local hosts and Schultz, Steph Miller, Randi Rhodes
Your choice.
Thanks for all that plus the time you spent putting it together.